The UK’s largest community tennis centre is looking to get more Nottingham people onto court this summer with an exclusive free tennis offer. 

A successful summer of tennis has seen heightened interest in the sport in Nottingham and beyond. Nottingham Tennis Centre has, on the back of this and the recent Davis Cup outcome decided to open up its courts throughout August to make tennis accessible to people of all ages and abilities.

As part of the Great British Tennis Weekend the centre is hosting an open tennis day on Saturday 22 August, 3pm – 6pm offering free tennis for everyone to come along, join in to try both traditional and non-traditional forms of the game. Sessions include Mini Tennis for players aged 3 – 10, tennis for teenagers, adult coaching and cardio tennis. People can just turn up of book online to specific sessions at https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/OpenDays/NottinghamTennisCentre

Other exclusive offers during August include Free Tennis Coaching and Free Court Hire. Anyone who would like to try tennis for free can also book a FREE Tennis Experience. This session consisting of cardio tennis, tennis coaching and touch tennis. The sessions are available until Sunday 30 August. To book onto this, contact 0115 876 1600.

Those who just want to come along as a family or play with friends can take advantage of FREE court hire. A downloadable voucher is available at www.tennisinnottingham.com/free-court-hire-offer/ with no booking required!

Cllr Trimble Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture “This is an exciting time for tennis and I think we can keep the sport in the spotlight by welcoming people onto our courts with an offer that is too good to miss.”

“We want to remove the barriers to playing tennis and with the various tennis activities for children, adults and families planned over the summer, people who may have never tried the sport or haven’t played in years can pick up a racket and try tennis for fitness or fun.“

With a total of 39 courts including 11 indoors Nottingham Tennis Centre is the UK’s largest community tennis centre and is celebrating 25 years since opening this year.

To mark the anniversary, a family open day is taking place on Saturday 5 September, 11am – 5pm including free tennis and fitness activities plus Skateboard and BMX exhibitions with have a go sessions. More details will be released shortly.

For more information visit www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/ntc